“These crises are the result of the adventurous, ill-considered and flawed policy of the West and its arbitrary interference in the mechanism for regulating demand and consumption,” the head of Russian diplomacy said after a meeting with the press. G20 foreign ministers in Bali, Indonesia verified by Sputnik agency.
Lavrov recalled that the origins of these crises have been explained in detail by Russian President Vladimir Putin on numerous occasions, “and it is clear that this is not something from today or February or last year”.
The Russian President stressed in June that both the United States and Europe, with the natural concern of the planet’s inhabitants about the state of the climate, began to speculate and began to promote the green agenda, including in the energy sector, highlighting the possibilities of renewable energies Alternative energies were overestimated.
Today, these sources are not available in the right quantity, quality, and prices, while Western countries are beginning to downplay traditional forms of energy, chief among them hydrocarbons, Putin said at the time.
In this regard, the Eurasian nation’s foreign minister this Friday denounced the need for the West to stop blocking grain shipments from Russia, then claimed that Moscow is the cause of the world food situation.
“All that is required is for the West to stop artificially blocking our shipments to the countries that have contracted our grain,” Lavrov told the press.
Regarding Ukrainian products, the Foreign Minister noted that his government is ready to discuss this issue with partners from Ukraine and Turkey.
In this sense, Lavrov added that if we are talking about Ukrainian grain, then Kyiv must be obliged to open its ports, remove mines or guarantee safe passage through minefields, and already outside the territorial sea are Ukraine, Russia and Turkey ready to ensure the safety of the relevant ships.
The United Nations has repeatedly warned of a looming food crisis as Ukrainian grain fails to reach world markets.
Kyiv and its allies have accused Russia of blocking grain exports from Ukrainian ports with its naval forces, a claim Moscow denies and claims that maritime grain exports from Ukraine are paralyzed because the neighboring country’s military units mined their ports.
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